Additionally, a major controversy has erupted in recent years as American researchers have started to test experimental drugs on HIV infected individuals throughout Africa. The reason why this type of research in Africa is sparking such controversy is due to the fact that HIV research conducted on humans actually affects both the economic and social welfare on the populations in which these studies are being conducted.
Other individuals throughout Africa and within the United States feel that conducting research in Africa on humans is unethical and in some cases is "racist". Many African residents wonder why Americans are not testing these trial medications on American humans as opposed to Africans. It is this debate that has caused a great deal of controversy both in Africa and in the United States.
Education Development and Medical Research
It was discovered that one of the main reason why HIV had become such an epidemic in various parts of Africa was due to lack of education.
There were various locations throughout Africa that had never been taught how HIV was contracted and how it could be passed from one person to another not only through sexual contact but also through the transfer of blood.
For those individuals who had already contracted the virus, they began to be educated on how they could treat and gain control of their infliction through medication and lifestyle changes.
Additionally, numerous institutions and groups throughout Africa began to work diligently to find a cure as opposed to a treatment for HIV. They began to conduct studies on HIV infected subjects and began to research and develop their own types of medication and treatment measures.
Future Development and Research of HIV in Africa
There are various organizations throughout Africa such as SANORD, that actually work to connect like-minded individuals who have a single goal in mind when it comes to research and development. Groups like this can connect doctors and academics who have a desire and the drive to work to not only treat and control HIV in Africa, but to also find a cure for HIV.
At one time Africa turned to other countries for support and for advancements in medicine.
However, over the past decade the population of Africa has begun to start their own research studies and have started to create their own medications based on research and development.